BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E15780; COLLNOSEH435;
Sample Donor Hollingworth,S.E.
Rock name 'Original entry: Basic Pyroxene Andesite Near Basalt'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments I. Dark augitic lava, feldspar common. Borrowdale Volc. type area. cf Eycott Hill. All have vesicular top
Locality details Eycott Hill, 1040 yds W 14 deg S of Qpot Lease
50k map sheet Cockermouth (23)

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Map reference NY 386 302
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E15780

Cross Polarized, E15780

Plane Polarized, E15780

Plane Polarized, E15780